This is The Story of a Girl (nick) Named, "Lucky"

...or so we thought!

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Summary

Lucky is a super enjoyable book about a young girl, her chance to start her life over and her search for finding her true family; family that would stand with her, love her.

The slightly suspenseful story line, bounces back and forth between two story lines. One story line wouldn't make sense without the other. The author, Marissa Stapley tells you about the childhood Lucky, and her longing to know her mother, her desire to be a "normal" child and a "normal" family, that didn't con their way around the country. You read about childhood Lucky, as you follow Lucky around the country as an adult, trying to evade arrest, looking for her birth mom, attempting to figure out a way to cash a winning lottery ticket, and honestly, not be un-a-lived, all at the same time. Stapley takes readers on this both story lines at once, so that we understand why adult Lucky is the way she is, so we see all her eyes have seen and her heart has experienced, so that we can see the good heart under Lucky's hardened life as a con-woman. 

Although Lucky was taught from an early age how to con people, make them trust you and take what she pleased from them; Lucky was no less a victim than her own victims. That doesn't make it right, of course. My point is that Lucky seemed naive, although very intelligent, and I blame that a lot on the fact that she hoped and longed for, in the end, a true family and to be in one place permanently. This desire to be normal and have normal things, lead Lucky to trust people that were out to use her, to con her, and to get her into really deep trouble with the wrong people. From her own father to her boyfriend and his mother. With a few twists and turns, Lucky puts things together and begins to truly see what the boyfriend, Cary was all bout, his true colors. 

A long series of events, at the end of the book, lead to Lucky not only finding out who her birth mother was, she found true family in the people who truly wanted good for Lucky.

I can't give anymore on the ending, no spoilers, here!
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my overall thoughts

Overall, despite some harsh reviews on Goodreads, I thoroughly enjoyed this pick!

Lucky was easy to read, and not quiet a "can't put down" book, but a book I had to know what happened to Lucky. I needed to know if the story ended how I hoped for. It did, but in more ways than I expected. I rooted for Lucky, not because she was the main character, but because I saw the good that she could be, I saw that she was remorseful sometimes for her actions. I felt sorry for how she grew up, for how her father though he loved her deeply, used her as a pawn in his carefree life as a grifter. 

I actually would loved one more chapter, maybe like five or ten years later, to really seal the deal for me! 

I would recommend this book, for sure; four and a half stars for me! 

Have you read lucky?
​What did you think?